Isbn: 9781107689022 - language, culture, and mind: natural constructions and social kinds (language, culture and cognition, 10, band 10) (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. Examines how social relationships are developed and maintained through language. Num Pages: 258 pages, 15 b/w illus. 21 tables. BIC Classification: CFB; JHM; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380. . 2014. Reprint. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Based on fieldwork carried out in a Mayan village in Guatemala, this book examines local understandings of mind through the lens of language and culture. It focuses on a variety of grammatical structures and discursive practices through which mental states are encoded and social relations are expressed: inalienable possessions, such as body parts and kinship terms; interjections, such as 'ouch' and 'yuck'; complement-taking predicates, such as 'believe' and 'desire'; and grammatical categories such as mood, status and evidentiality. And, more generally, it develops a theoretical framework through which both community-specific and human-general features of mind may be contrasted and compared. It will be of interest to researchers and students working within the disciplines of anthropology, linguistics, psychology, and philosophy.…